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In early September 2016, more than 340 rural stakeholders gathered in Cork, Ireland and developed a vision for the future of EU rural areas. Under the heading "A Better Life in Rural Areas", the Cork Declaration 2.0 sets out the expectations and aspirations of rural areas. Among the priorities to be addressed, it calls for policies to pay particular attention to overcoming the digital divide between rural and urban areas and to develop the potential offered by connectivity and digitisation of rural areas. Emphasis was given to the need for integrated approaches and the interaction between different policy fields in view of increasing complementarity and coherence.